Katie Couric talks Kate Middleton, celebrity encounters, and her new show

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Katie’s Big Move

You used to wake up to her every morning. Now Katie Couric is moving into your afternoons – and she’s tackling bigger subjects than ever before.

Girl Crush quickie

Read Katie's honest answers below.

1. Favorite travel spot

Couric: Any place where there’s a beach and I’m leaving really cold weather.

2. Book on your nightstand

Couric: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson.

3. Best celebrity interview

Couric: Colin Farrell because he was touching my leg a lot. I liked it.

4. Worst celebrity interview

Couric: Denzel Washington got very testy with me once when I was doing an interview with him. I think he woke up on the wrong side of the bed. People have bad days.

5. Celebrity crush

Couric: Gregory Peck. He was so elegant.

6. Personal motto

Couric: Don’t let the turkeys get you down. Throughout my career I had naysayers who said, "You’re never going to make it, or you don’t have what it takes," but for some reason I just kind of always wanted to prove them wrong.